Short description
Forewing with concave edge and sharp point and reddish-brown-yellow ground colour. The termen black edged with a width of 2–4 mm black; two black costal marks and some black discal flecks. The cross line of the underside forewing bent. Underside paler with a cross line separating a paler inner area from a less pale outer area; almost everywhere with grey satin. ==Subspecies==
Subspecies
• Charaxes paphianus paphianus (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, northern Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo) • Charaxes paphianus falcata (Butler, 1872) (Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, western Cameroon) • Charaxes paphianus subpallida Joicey & Talbot, 1925 (north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya) ==Taxonomy==